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With the events of the ongoing mini-series having a profound effect on the future of the Marvel universe, the scribes confirmed that the special issue will be dedicated to the new status quo.
"As we were getting into this, we discovered that the status quo was changed to a significant degree by War Of Kings. It would be so much more beneficial to us to have an issue to tell that in," Lanning told Newsarama.
"We put that idea forward to Marvel, to have a whole issue to lay out how the cosmic landscape has changed and how everyone has been affected by the War Of Kings, because it really does set the scene, then, for cosmic goodies from there on in."
Abnett added: "Who Will Rule? is an epilogue issue in the sense that it's a respectful and quite interesting look at where everybody's got to, but more importantly it's a sort of statement of intent for whatever's coming after this.
"This isn't the end of the story by any means. It's the end of a section of this cosmic history."
War Of Kings: Who Will Rule? hits newsstands in September.
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